We believe your business is no one else's. Your privacy is important to us. So we'll protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy Discovery Village LLC follows different principles in accordance with worldwide practices for customer privacy and data protection.
We collect Personal Information when you use our Services or buy our Products, create an account with us or submit Personal Information to us. "Personal Information" is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly with a particular individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, and phone number. They types of Personal Information that we may collect about you are:
a. Information You Provide To Us
We collect information you give us when you register with us for a Company account, when you use our Services, when you participate in surveys or promotional activities, or when you otherwise choose to submit information to us.
When you sign up for a Company account we may collect your name, address, phone number, title, birth date, gender, credit card information, together with other information such as occupation, industry, and personal interests.
Whe you buy our Products or use our Services, such as logging into your account or speaking with a Company representative, we may collect your name, address, birth date, credit card information, etc., to verify your identity and provide Services to you.
From time-to-time, we invite users to volunteer to participate in surveys or promotional activities. When a user participates, we request certain Personal Information such as name and email address. Depending on the nature of the survey or contest, we use this information to follow-up with the participants, or, if applicable, to notify contest winners and award prizes.
b. Communication from You
When you use our Services (for example our website), complete electronic forms, or contact us, by online chat, email, phone or text, we may automatically collect and store certain information about you and the activity you engaged in, for example, your name and contact information, information that you voluntarily provide to us; the nature of your communication; the purpose of the interaction, and the action we took in response to your inquiry or request.
c. Mobile Applications
Depending on your permissions, we may receive your Personal Information from your internet service and mobile device providers. Users of mobile devices who do not want to receive interest-based advertising may opt-out in several ways. To end all targeting on a mobile device immediately, turn on "Limit Ad Tracking" in the device settings. To limit Ad tracking on an Apple device please see here.
d. Social Media
Depending on your permissions, we may receive your Personal Information from your social media accounts. You can edit or remove Personal Information usage permissions by using privacy settings on your social media account. Click below for instructions on how to change or remove third party access on each platform:
Twitter
Facebook
Linkedin
e. California Residents Rights
Under California Laws, California residents have the following rights ("Rights") listed below. Your Right to Know and Right to Deletion are not absolute and are subject to certain exceptions. For instance, we cannot disclose specific pieces of Personal Information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of the Personal Information, your account with us or the security of the business's systems fo networks.
We may use Customer Data, User Data, Technical Data and Marketing Data to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you (including Facebook adverts or other display advertisements) and to measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve you.
- Right of Know. You have the right to know the Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you. You have the right to request in writing from us a copy of the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which we have collected that information, why we collected that information, the categories of third parties with whom we shared your Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you. Please note that we are only required to respond twice per calendar year to your Rights to know.
- Right to Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete any Personal Information we have collected from you or maintain about you. However, we are not required to comply with such requests if it is necessary for us or our partners to maintain the Personal Information in order to:
* compete the transaction for which the Personal Information was collected:
* detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity;
* debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality,
*exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
* comply with the California Electronic Communication Privacy Act:
*engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest;
* comply with a legal obligation; or
use Personal Information internally in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which a California resident provided the information and is reasonably aligned with the expectations of the resident based on the resident's relationship with the business.
f. Information Related to Your Use of Service
We may automatically collect information about your use of the Services (we refer to this information as "Usage Data")< including information sent by your mobile devices. For example, we may collect:
* Device information, such as your hardware model, IP address (the Internet address of yoru computer), unique device identifiers, and other information such as your browser type and operating system.
* Website usage information regarding customer traffic patterns and website usage. This may include the web page that you were visiting before accessing our website or mobile application, the pages or features fo our website or mobile application you browsed to inform us which part of our website, app and Services you visit and how much time you spend there.
* Information about your preferences to make your use of the website more productive through the use of cookies.
We may receive data from third parties such as analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU, advertising networks such as Facebook based outside the EU, such as search information providers such as Google based outside the EU, providers of technical, payment such as Stripe and Paypal and delivery services, such as data brokers or aggregators. We may also receive data from publicly available sources such as European Commision EU VAT database.
We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below. When a Third Party Service is enabled, we are authorized to connect and access Other Information made available to us in accordance with our agreement with the Third Party Provider. We do not, however, receive or store passwords for any of these Third Party Services when connecting them to the Services. Third party integrations may include
We do not collect any Sensitive Data about you. Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of the contract between us and you do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don't provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you have ordered but if we do, we will notify you at the time.
We will only use your personal data as described in this Policy or otherwise through your informed consent. The most common uses of your personal data are:
a. To Provide Our Services or Products to You
We will use your Personal Information to provide information or perform Services or provide Products that you request.
We may use general location information to improve and personalize our Services to you, such as providing location-relevant information and Services to you. If the applicable information iss to be provided or Service is to be performed by a third party, then we will disclose the applicable information to the third party providing the information or performing the applicable Services. Your information may be available or provided to third-party service providers who are contractually obligated to protect your information as disclosed in this policy.
b. For the Operations and Administration of Our Business
We will use your Personal Information for the purposes of furthering our business, including creating, operating, delivering, maintaining, and improving our content, products, and Services. We may monitor how our users use our Services including without limitation time spent using our Services, pages visited and content viewed. Aggregated forms of this data may also be used for research and development purposes in order to offer new features, functionalities, products and services.
c. For Business Analytics Purposes
We analyze, and may engage third parties to analyze, your Personal Information and Usage Data to determine the usefulness of our website, mobile app, and other elements of the Services. Analytics help us determine how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach the information they seek, completing the task they wish to complete, etc., and to tailor features and functionalities to our users' needs and preferences.
d. For Our Own Marketing Purposes
Marketing lets us grow our community and update you about new products and services. We process your contact information or information about your interactions on our Services to: send you marketing communications and keep you updated about our products and services, provide you with informational content; and deliver targeted marketing to you. We may periodically send you free newsletters and-mails that directly promote our Services, and that we believe may be of interest to you. When you receive such promotional communications from us, you will have the opportunity to "opt-out" (either through your account or by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive). We do need to send you certain administrative and transactional communications regarding the Services and you will not be able to opt out of those communications - e.g., communications regarding updates to our Terms of Services, this Policy, or information about billing and renewals, among others.
e. To Provide Customer Support or Respond to You
We collect information that you provide to us when you contact us, such as with questions, concerns, feedback, disputes or issues, so we can address your needs and support your use and enjoyment of the Services.
F. For Account Network Security Purposes
We care about keeping you secure and safe while using our Services. Keeping you save requires us to process your Personal Information, such as your device information, log-in information, activity information and other relevant information to proactively manage privacy and security risks. We use such information to combat spam, malware, malicious activities or security risks, improve and enforce our security measures; and to monitor and verify your identity so that unauthorized users do not gain access to your information.
g. To maintain Legal and Regulatory Complicance
Our Services are subject to certain lawas and regulations which may require us to process your Personal Information. For example, we process your Personal Information to comply with privacy laws, comply with employment laws, or as necessary to manage risk as required under applicable law.
h. To Enforce Compliance with Our Terms and Agreements or Policies
When you access or use our Services, you are bound to our Membership Terms and this Policy. To ensure you comply with them, we process your Personal Information to actively monitor, investigate, prevent and mitigate any alleged or actual prohibited, illicit or illegal activities on our Services. We also process your Personal Information to investigate, prevent or mitigate violations of our terms, agreements or policies.
Your Personal Information is not shared with third parties without your permission, except as described below. We won't sell or give away your name, mail address, phone number, and email address or any other information to anyone outside of our organization (except only as necessary to fulfill your requests and online orders.) We'll use state-of-the-art security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users.
a. Information Shared with Our Employees, Services Providers
We may engage employees and third-party services providers to work with us to administer and provide the Services or to promote our Services. These employees and third-party services providers have access to your Personal Information only for the purpose of performing services on our behalf and are expressly obligated not to disclose or use your Personal Information for any other purpose.
b. Information Disclosed in Connection with Business Transactions
If we are acquired by a third party as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale, or if our assets are acquired by a third party in the event we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, some or all of our assets, including your Personal information, may be disclosed or transferred to a third-party acquirer in connection with the transaction. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred user information will be subject to this Policy. Any information yousubmit or that is collected after a transfer, however, will be subject to this Policy. Any information you submit or that is collected after a transfer, however, will be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.
c. Information Disclosed for our Protection and the Protection of Others
We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose information about you to government or law enforcement officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate: (1) to enforce our Membership Terms, (ii) to respond to claims and legal process (including subpoenas); (iii) to protect the property, rights and safety of a third party, our users, or the public in general; (iv) to protect our property, rights and safety; (v) to stop any activity that we consider fraudulent, illegal, unethical or legally actionable, and (vi) as required by applicable local, state or federal laws.
Orders
In order to respond to your requests and provide the best and most efficient possible service, we request information from you on our order form. To purchase our company products and services you must provide certain confidential information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, billing address, and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes only and to properly respond to and fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Discovery Village LLC is not responsible nor do we make any warranties regarding the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to carefully read the privacy statements on any other website that collects personal, confidential and/or financial information.
we may contain links to other sites that are owned or operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the content, privacy or security practices of any third parties. To protect your information, we encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those third parties.
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below:
Online Course platform provider Zenler.com who will be data processor of your data. We have entered into a data processing addendum with Zenler to process your data. Other companies in our group who provide IT and system administration services and undertake leadership reporting. Service providers who provide cloud infrastructure, video hosting, live video platforms, email provider, IT and system administration services.
Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services. Government bodies that require us to report processing activities. require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances. Third parties to whom we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets.
We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We share your personal data within our group of companies which involves transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) do not always offer the same levels of protection to your personal data, so European law has prohibited transfers of personal data outside of the EEA unless the transfer meets certain criteria.
Many of our third parties service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we do our best to ensure a similar degree of security of data by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
Our Online course platform Zenler provider based in the UK is our data processor and we have entered into data processing agreement for the processor to protect your personal data. We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission; or Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts or codes of conduct or certification mechanisms approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe; or Where we use providers based in the United States, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the EU-US Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US. Where we use providers based in the United States (for example Amazon, Sendgrid) we may transfer data to them where we have signed data processing addendums for the provider to provide protection of data shared between the Europe and the US.
If none of the above safeguards is available, we may request your explicit consent to the specific transfer. You will have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
Please email at [email protected] if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
When deciding what the correct time is to keep the data for we look at its amount, nature and sensitivity, potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the processing purposes, if these can be achieved by other means and legal requirements.
For tax purposes the law requires us to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they stop being customers.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:
You can see more about these rights at:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please reach us via the contact us form on the Website.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. Occasionally it may take us longer than 30 days if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
We may include links to third-party websites, addons and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
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By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 13 years of age.
You can contact Zenler at any time if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, or if you are seeking to exercise any of your statutory rights.
You may contact us via the support/contact us form on the Website.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.
If you are not happy with any aspect of how we collect and use your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We should be grateful if you would contact us by email on [email protected] first if you do have a complaint so that we can try to resolve it for you.
It is very important that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. Please let us know if at any time your personal information changes by emailing us via the support/contact us form OR update your profile in your account.